Kaligula cytaty
Kaligula
Data urodzenia: 31. Sierpień 12 n. e.
Data zgonu: 24. Styczeń 41 n. e.
Gaius Iulius Caesar Germanicus, – cesarz rzymski od 18 marca 37 r. Oficjalna tytulatura: Gaius Iulius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Wikipedia
Cytaty Kaligula
„Niech mnie nienawidzą, byle się mnie bali.“
— Kaligula
Oderint, dum metuant. (łac.)
Źródło: José María López Ruiz, Tyrani i zbrodniarze. Najwięksi nikczemnicy w dziejach świata, tłum. Agata Ciastek, Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, Warszawa 2006, s. 33.
„Rańcie ich tak, żeby wiedzieli, że umierają.“
— Kaligula
Źródło: José María López Ruiz, Tyrani i zbrodniarze. Najwięksi nikczemnicy w dziejach świata, op. cit., s. 34.
„Let them hate me, so that they will but fear me.“
Oderint, dum metuant.
— Caligula
Quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006), p. 27 London: Quercus Publishing, ISBN 1905204965 , these derive from a statement by Suetonius, included below, in which he states these words were often used by Caligula, but imply that he was quoting the tragedian Accius.
Disputed
„Would that the Roman people had but one neck!“
Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!
— Caligula
As quoted in 'The Twelve Caesars: Gaius Caligula by Suetonius, section 30, as translated by Alexander Thomson.
„There is no question as to who her father is then.“
— Caligula
Upon hearing that his daughter, Julia Drusilla had clawed out another child's eyes
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